Claret and Les Bleus hero

Payet has been nothing short of sensational since his move from Marseille last summer for a bargain £10.5 million.

He scored 12 goals - including a number of sensational free-kicks which are fast becoming his trademark - provided 15 assists and was shortlisted for the prestigious PFA Player of the Year award in his debut season in English football.

That honour eventually went to Leicester City's Jamie Vardy but Payet still made the PFA team of the season.

His exquisite skill, goals and work rate have already made him a genuine Hammers hero ending a 10-year wait for a player of that ilk since Carlos Tevez pulled on the claret and blue back in 2006/7.

France's Dimitri Payet is congratulated by head coach Didier Deschamps as he is substituted

'Weeeeee've got Payet'

The French star even had the football song of the season made up for him by Hammers fans who belt out 'We've got Payet' to the tune of Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart.